diff --git a/src/api/environment.cc b/src/api/environment.cc
index e5d4b27e67c8b6..857506013fab8c 100644
--- a/src/api/environment.cc
+++ b/src/api/environment.cc
@@ -725,8 +725,7 @@ ThreadId AllocateEnvironmentThreadId() {
 }
 
 void DefaultProcessExitHandler(Environment* env, int exit_code) {
-  env->set_can_call_into_js(false);
-  env->stop_sub_worker_contexts();
+  Stop(env);
   DisposePlatform();
   exit(exit_code);
 }
diff --git a/src/env.cc b/src/env.cc
index b61501d96bbbd1..dfa38ea8c588b0 100644
--- a/src/env.cc
+++ b/src/env.cc
@@ -501,9 +501,10 @@ void Environment::InitializeLibuv(bool start_profiler_idle_notifier) {
   }
 }
 
-void Environment::ExitEnv() {
+void Environment::Stop() {
   set_can_call_into_js(false);
   set_stopping(true);
+  stop_sub_worker_contexts();
   isolate_->TerminateExecution();
   SetImmediateThreadsafe([](Environment* env) { uv_stop(env->event_loop()); });
 }
diff --git a/src/env.h b/src/env.h
index 7ca9a364e7177a..57ce6de91d2ff8 100644
--- a/src/env.h
+++ b/src/env.h
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ class Environment : public MemoryRetainer {
   void RegisterHandleCleanups();
   void CleanupHandles();
   void Exit(int code);
-  void ExitEnv();
+  void Stop();
 
   // Register clean-up cb to be called on environment destruction.
   inline void RegisterHandleCleanup(uv_handle_t* handle,
diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index 9e0e2464a02f4d..302b277493c178 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ int Start(int argc, char** argv) {
 }
 
 int Stop(Environment* env) {
-  env->ExitEnv();
+  env->Stop();
   return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/node.h b/src/node.h
index 4278eedfcbe09e..afa2859b5b9c7f 100644
--- a/src/node.h
+++ b/src/node.h
@@ -224,7 +224,8 @@ class Environment;
 NODE_EXTERN int Start(int argc, char* argv[]);
 
 // Tear down Node.js while it is running (there are active handles
-// in the loop and / or actively executing JavaScript code).
+// in the loop and / or actively executing JavaScript code). This also stops
+// all Workers that may have been started earlier.
 NODE_EXTERN int Stop(Environment* env);
 
 // TODO(addaleax): Officially deprecate this and replace it with something
@@ -478,8 +479,8 @@ NODE_EXTERN void FreeEnvironment(Environment* env);
 // It receives the Environment* instance and the exit code as arguments.
 // This could e.g. call Stop(env); in order to terminate execution and stop
 // the event loop.
-// The default handler disposes of the global V8 platform instance, if one is
-// being used, and calls exit().
+// The default handler calls Stop(), disposes of the global V8 platform
+// instance, if one is being used, and calls exit().
 NODE_EXTERN void SetProcessExitHandler(
     Environment* env,
     std::function<void(Environment*, int)>&& handler);